Mega Man: The Wily Wars is a compilation of the first three Mega Man games that was released for the Sega Genesis console in 1994. It features updated graphics and sound, as well as a new mode called "Wily Tower," in which players can play through a series of remixed stages from the original games. The game is a classic in the Mega Man series and is known for its challenging gameplay and iconic characters.

Mega Man: The Wily Wars

We've had Sonic and Super Mario, now it's time for the other one! The final franchise in the holy trinity of 2D platformers and notoriously the most difficult, Mega Man will prove to be quite an interesting experience for the Agonisers. Unlike its peers, Mega Man doesn't just jump on his enemies, he fires lemons at them! And when he defeats a robot masters (the level boss) he acquires their weapon, which will prove particularly fatal to one of the other masters.

It's a series that's often representative of the NES - it's fiddly, it's unforgiving, it spawned a shocking amount of rip-offs and an awesome band in The Protomen. It's also a solid series of 8-bit platforming.

So naturally we're playing a compilation on the Mega Drive.

There's a reason for this - Wily Wars contains the first 3 Mega Man games and the reward for completing all three is the bonus stage Wily Tower. It's also just nice to have another Mega Drive game on the wheel, as we all love it so much.

So, what are the rules? Mostly straightforward, but with an important twist.

Progress: Games Completed
Primary Tiebreaker: Robot Masters defeated (including Wily Castle Bosses.)
Secondary tiebreaker: Time
Version: American (for them 60hz)

You can play the games in any order (you don't have to go through MM1 to progress to 2 and then 3) BUT completing a game is a priority. Someone could defeat every single one of Wily's Robots, but if they never beat the good doctor himself, they'll lose a spot to whoever actually completes Mega Man's journey.

You can fight the robot masters in any order but you cannot review which masters are strong against others. Blind runs only.

Finally, to anyone who managed to complete all 3 games: feel free to tackle the Wily Tower. It's fairly easy but it's a neat little addition.

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1st) Marcman_59 - Progress: 3 Games Complete, 50 Masters Defeated - Time: 04:58:06 - Deaths: Infinity
2nd) ReturnOfOctobot - Progress: 2 Games Complete, 32 Masters Defeated - Time: 04:57:00 - Deaths: Infinity
3rd) Lovenfloofen - Progress: 2 Games Complete, 24 Masters Defeated - Time: 02:34:13 - Deaths: Infinity
4th) Quantum_P1 - Progress: 1 Games Complete, 22 Masters Defeated - Time: 03:57:00 - Deaths: 86
5th) Tater84 - Progress: 1 Games Complete, 17 Masters Defeated - Time: 05:00:00 - Deaths: 140
6th) Kylorian - Progress: 1 Games Complete, 15 Masters Defeated - Time: 02:52:18 - Deaths: Infinity
7th) 16bit_hyper_turbo - Progress: 1 Games Complete, 12 Masters Defeated - Time: 05:00:00 - Deaths: Infinity
8th) MrMattInternet - Progress: 1 Games Complete, 11 Masters Defeated - Time: 01:58:26 - Deaths: Infinity
9th) Kythias - Progress: 0 Games Complete, 7 Masters Defeated - Time: 03:20:59 - Deaths: Infinity
10th) Garlips - Progress: 0 Games Complete, 7 Masters Defeated - Time: 03:58:48 - Deaths: 110
11th) Flamewh33l - Progress: 0 Games Complete, 6 Masters Defeated - Time: 02:27:05 - Deaths: 79
12th) Deccyf - Progress: 0 Games Complete, 6 Masters Defeated - Time: 02:37:00 - Deaths: Infinity
13th) FullCup - Progress: 0 Games Complete, 5 Masters Defeated - Time: 02:07:00 - Deaths: 50
14th) Stormfeather - Progress: 0 Games Complete, 2 Masters Defeated - Time: 01:21:56 - Deaths: Infinity